Harrow



A 'Patented `1925. Y

wheels Aand a seat 'for the driver.

* UNITED STATES i l 1,55a9s. PA-TENT err-ics.

GEORGES 'oons'rn GsrrRoY, es; FAVEROLLES, FRANCE HABROW.

Application ined may 19,

To all whom .it may rfomfern:

Be it known that l, (nonors icats'm GEFFKOY, citizen oifthc llepublic ol I'Mnce, residing at Faverolles, Eure and Loir, France, have invented certain new and use fulImprovements in Hai-rows, ot which the following isa specification.

The ordinalv` harroivs dragged over soil do not perform satisfactory work because their rigid trames do not allow all teeth to bear equally and to accommodate themselves to theunevenness ol" the ground. Furthermore, the harrow jumps or'raises, some teeth penetrate insuiliciently or too deeply, and-the bottoms o'l the 'lurrou's are not reached.4

Besides, such harroivs are not easil '\v handled; they must be disinonnted l'or transportation and thc v have to be mounted again ior Work; the driver must wall; behind the machine and frequently stop in order to clean Jthe teeth.

The present, invention has 'for its object" toovercome the said drawbacks and it involves an improved harrmv with supporting' The teeth are l'ormed on beams'oi suitable shape. scp arately pivoted on'a cylindrical,cross'bar rigidly rela-ted to the axle. These beams are at will raised or lowered together b v means. 'of a mechanism. the actuating element ot which is within the reach oi' the driver.

In the annexed drawings:

Fig, 1 is a plan-vien' of the barrow.

Figs.v 'and are side-views showing the barrow' in traveling)r and Working position' respectively.4

0n a square axle l supported by Wheels 2 and l), stationary arms 4e ot' malleable castiron are mounted, thek said axle paling through square apertures in the arms. These arms are lower at their 1front ends than the axle l. and in said ends apertures are formed, which an iron eros-bar 8 passes through. (ln this bar are p. 'ated the heads 9 integral ivitli beams l() b'eaiinr teeth 11; tbe rear end ol' each beam is S-shaped, so

Athat a suitable interval exists'betiveen the teeth. As these beams are inclined in their working 'ios'ition. the teeth are oi' dili'erent lengths, and they are suitabl)v inclined so as' to bear equalliand to penetrate easily into the earth. l

-it the upperend of tbe arms 4- a fiat iron bar (3 in the torni of a volte pivoted. said bar passing under the beams l() and beincr 1924. serial No. 714,425.A

relatively to yoke G) with the rearwardlvextending lower arm of a bell-crank actuating lever 12 pivoted at its apex to the center of a notched sector 13 rigidl)v sev cured to the axle 1. This lever 12 is located near the seat of the driver.

Finally the hai-rou` is provided with shafts-1G and 1'7 between which a horse is put in.

Fig. 2 shows the harrovr in its traveling position, all the tooth-carrying beams 10 4being raised and maintained in this posi tion and the actuating lever 12 bein(r locked in the notch 1S of the sector 13% ll' hen the driver Wishes to brin g tbe barrow into work ing position, he moves the lever 12 from the position shown in Fig. 2 t-o that of-Fig. 3, owing to whichvmotion of the lever, the volte 6 is lowered and all the tooth-carrying beams are allowed to drop into a position in which the` rest freely on the soil'lv i During the harrowingoperation the.' beams 10 being separately pivoted, swing up and-downaccording to the irregularities ofthe ground. As the teeth Work With their tapering points directed forward, they enter easil)vinto the soil andthe harrowing is uniform and velv close.

rl`he barrow in conformity with the invention afl'ords practical4 advantages in comparison vvith the L vpes gene ally used. In particular, as it is supported by ivheels and provided ivitli shafts. it is always ready for use; a simple manipulation oi the lever 1 2 alloivs the harron beams to pass from the raised or traveling position. to the working position Without :m3v waste of time.

Besides when the barrov is choked up bv Weeds.. it is not necessary to stop and to clean thel teeth b v hand as in theordinai'y harroivs. In fact the lever 12, actuated by the driver from his seat. raises at once all teeth and the barrow is instantaneously cleaned. .\.s the driver is seated during the work, and is never obliged to alight, the work iseasier and more ellicient.

`It is to be understood that the invention is notl conined to' the precise details; of the present disclosure., but is susceptible of modifications and changes within its scope as hereinafter claimed.

I claim:

A harroiv. comprising, in combination, a

stationanv axle; supporting wheels jour- ,at its ends in the front ends cf .said nuns;-

:1 yoke pvoted at the free ends of it; Y ns to the rear ends o sznd statlonux'y urn e ,Ia sones of tooth-carrying hemns pn'otml et their frontends to said cross-bnr :unl ex# tending rearwardly across and resting on the Light poron of, said Yoke to be snpls-oall tl'aelehy; n hollclnk operating level' including :x rearwardly-extenclng lower umn; n H :iel support Vfor Suid lever whereon the. same is pivoted'at its apex; and an inverted Yoke having tsrbiglltv portion pivot- .,ed to the free en d of said levenarm and it's arms pivoted'nt their free ends to `the bght porton of the first lYoke.

In testimony whereof I nflx my signature.

- GEORGES AUGUSTE GEFFROY. 

